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Kate Moss - Style File

FROM Croydon schoolgirl to fully-fledged fashion icon, Kate Moss has come a long way since she was famously spotted sitting atop a suitcase at JFK airport by Sarah Doukas.

After appearing in a Steven MeiselDolce & Gabbana shoot, legendary model-maker Patrick Demarchelier told colleagues that he hadn't had such a strong feeling about a model since Twiggy - before he convinced Calvin Klein to sign Moss to an exclusive deal with the jeans brand in 1990 and a career in fashion was born.

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Fast forward almost 20 years - through romances with a Hollywood leading man, a magazine editor, a rabble-rousing rock star and marriage to Jamie Hince - and the supermodel has her own collection of fragrances, has designed a hugely successful collection for Topshop and has legions of fans who routinely emulate her unique look. Explore our gallery of Kate Moss' style evolution here.

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April 1992

In 1990, two years after being famously scouted by Sarah Doukas for her then new model agency Storm, Kate Moss signed an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein for apparel and fragrance. The move changed the face of modelling forever with Moss' petite proportions making a marked contrast to the Supers – Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford et al – who dominated the ad billboards of the time.

Credit Rex Features

March 1993

She was photographed with then boyfriend Mario Sorrenti by Andrew Macpherson - the image accompanied a feature on London style.

Credit Andrew MacPherson

March 1993

A 19-year-old Moss was shot for her first cover of British Vogue by model-turned-photographer Corinne Day, whom she met soon after signing with Storm models and who shared her passion for vintage clothes. With prophetic cover lines, Moss was proclaimed the face of “London Style”.

Credit Vogue/Corrine Day

March 1993

In Fashion's New Spirit by Corinne Day.

Credit Corinne Day

March 1993

In one of the shoots that helped to propel Kate to "supermodeldom" - Fashion's New Spirit, photographed by Corinne Day.

Credit Corinne Day

June 1993

In Under Exposure by Corinne Day.

Credit Corinne Day

June 1993

One of the most famous early pictures of Kate, this image appeared in Under Exposure by Corinne Day - in the June 1993 issue of Vogue.

Credit Corinne Day

September 1993

At 19 years old, Kate was flying the flag (literally), for British style.

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1993

In one of her most famous early outfits - at an Elite Models party with Naomi Campbell at the Hilton hotel in London.

At the time, Moss was sharing a flat with Corinne Day and stylist Melanie Ward and wore a suggestively sheer dress by Liza Bruce that Day had asked Bruce to make for a shoot with Linda Evangelista.

Credit Rex Features

October 1993

She took a bikini-clad turn on the catwalk for her friend Bella Freud's show.

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December 1993

She wore a pair of silver jeans in the More Dash Than Cash shoot in the December 1993 issue.

Credit Corinne Day

March 1994

She starred in Simply Divine, photographed by Arthur Elgort.

Credit Arthur Elgort

March 1994

In Simply Divine with two elephants.

Credit Arthur Elgort

June 1994

She was photographed alongside Christy Turlington by Arthur Elgort for the June 1994 issue of Vogue.

Credit Arthur Elgort

August 1994

Photographed by Juergen Teller in a Helmut Lang tuxedo jacket.

Credit Juergen Teller

December 1994

Nick Knight photographed her alongside Amber Valletta and Nadja Auermann for the December 1994 cover.

She was photographed by Nick Knight for the Nights in Bright Satin story in the March 1995 issue of Vogue.

Credit Nick Knight

October 1995

Photographer Wayne Maser captured her for Vogue.

Credit Wayne Maser

October 1995

Photographed by Wayne Maser.

Credit Wayne Maser

April 1996

Miles Aldridge photographed her wearing a Debenhams top for the April 1996 high street special issue cover.

Credit Miles Aldridge

November 1996

In fringing, photographed by Craig McDean, for Vogue's A-Z of the Best Fashion Ideas.

Credit Craig McDean

January 1997

Craig McDean photographed Kate for a story on her style in the January 1997 issue of Vogue.

Credit Craig McDean

1997

On the John Galliano catwalk.

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February 1997

She began dating Johnny Depp in 1994, after the pair met in Manhattan. During their three-year relationship, her style became more and more glamorous as she left her grunge days behind and embraced high-end vintage, often turning to the biggest vintage brokers in New York and LA for her red carpet appearances.

Credit Rex Features

March 1997

She was photographed by Mario Testino for the March 1997 issue of Vogue.

Credit Mario Testino

June 1997

She met Diana, Princess of Wales at a party celebrating an auction of Diana's dresses at Christies in New York.

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October 1997

Towards the end of her relationship with Depp, she went for all-out vintage-goth glamour for the Supper Club’s Halloween party in New York, to which she was escorted by music producer Nellee Hooper.

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November 1997

She was photographed by Tom Munro in an electric-blue strapless dress by Versace.

Credit Tom Munro

1998

At a Vogue party in London wearing a crushed velvet coat.

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June 1998

Photograph by Nick Knight.

Credit Nick Knight

November 1998

In an Amanda Wakeley dress and photographed by David Sims.

Credit David Sims

January 1999

Her 25th birthday party was hosted by Donatella Versace in Paris, where guests included Liv Tyler, Catherine Zeta Jones and Christina Ricci.

Credit Rex Features

1999

On the catwalk for Versace.

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April 1999

Photographed by Nick Knight wearing jeans by Polo Jeans Co.

Credit Nick Knight

May 1999

After her split from Johnny Depp in 1998, she appeared on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival with Michael Schumacher.

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December 1999

She was photographed by Mario Testino for The Party's Just Begun in the Millennium issue of Vogue.

Credit Mario Testino

January 2000

When she wore these vintage Vivienne Westwood boots from the designer's 1981 Pirate collection to a Santana concert in 2000, her status as a true trend setter was cemented. “If people had told me a girl could create a stir like this over a pair of bloody boots, I would never have believed them,” said Steven Phillips of vintage shop Rellik, who sourced the boots.

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February 2000

Photograph by Mario Testino.

Credit Mario Testino

May 2000

She was photographed by Sarah Morris in a Dolce and Gabbana swimsuit.

Credit Sarah Morris

September 2000

Photograph by Nick Knight.

Credit Nick Knight

December 2000

Her profile - captured by Nick Knight - featured on the final cover of 2000.

Credit Nick Knight

December 2000

She was photographed by Corinne Day with a new bleach blonde hair 'do for the Carat Kate shoot in the December 2000 issue of Vogue.

In the Castaway shoot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for the June 2002 issue, when she was in the early stages of pregnancy.

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June 2002

As a bronze goddess in Castaway.

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June 2002

Soaking up the sun in Castaway.

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June 2002

In Castaway.

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June 2002

Making strides in the Castaway story.

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June 2002

Baring all on the Castaway shoot.

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August 2002

Two months after the Castaway shoot appeared in Vogue, the model was heavily pregnant with Jefferson Hack’s child and on holiday in St Tropez with fellow model Frankie Rayder - demonstrating how to do maternity holiday style with aplomb. Lila Grace was born a month later on September 29 2002.

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October 2002

The first time that she was seen in public after giving birth to Lila Grace, she was back to starting trends in a peasant-style blouse and the fringed Minnetonka boots that she popularised.

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April 2003

At Claridge's for the White Tea and Diamonds tea party, she was very much a yummy mummy in a Bella Freud “Ginsberg is God” jumper.

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May 2003

When she stepped out in these gladiator sandals in Soho, New York, with model Frankie Rayder, a new trend was born.

Credit Rex Features

May 2003

She was photographed as David Bowie by Nick Knight for the cover of the May 2003 issue of Vogue.

Credit Nick Knight

May 2003

In the Oh You Pretty Thing shoot, photographed by Nick Knight for the May 2003 issue of Vogue, she wore original pieces from David Bowie's wardrobe.

Credit Nick Knight

May 2003

In Oh You Pretty Thing.

Credit Nick Knight

June 2003

The notion of "festival fashion" began when she took to the fields at Glastonbury during the early days of the boho-chic trend in 2003. With on-trend visor frames, low-slung scarf belt and her trusty Minnetonka boots laced up, fashion conscious women the world over found a new reason to shop: music festivals.

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September 2003

She took to the catwalk at the Burberry spring/summer 2004 show in Milan.

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September 2003

When her then boyfriend - Jefferson Hack - hosted a party in New York, she turned to Rita Watnik at legendary LA vintage store Lily et Cie for this frothy buttercup yellow dress. Kate loved this dress so much that she recreated it for her first ever collection for Topshop.

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January 2004

She chose a floor-length, sequinned vintage dress from the Thirties - that had been worn by Britt Eckland for the premiere of The Man With the Golden Gun in 1973 - for her 30th birthday celebrations at Claridge's. The theme of the evening was The Beautiful and the Damned, in tribute to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tale of broken morality.

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May 2004

She chose to wear Vivienne Westwood for the opening of the designer’s exhibition at the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum in London.

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September 2004

She was photographed by Nick Knight wearing YSL for her 18th British Vogue cover.

Credit Nick Knight

March 2005

She was photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for her 19th cover of British Vogue.

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June 2005

By June of 2005, she had begun to date the Babyshambles front man Pete Doherty and was cultivating a rock chic image. At the CFDA Awards that year, she wore a lace-panelled Christian Dior dress and won the Fashion Inspiration award.

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August 2005

The Pete Doherty romantic era saw waistcoats and hotpants take the fashion spotlight.

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September 2005

Photograph by Nick Knight.

Credit Nick Knight

September 2005

On September 15 2005 - while Kate was in New York - the Daily Mail ran a front page story accusing the model of drug use at a Babyshambles recording session. Her agent, Sarah Doukas, said the model was “devastated” by the claims. When she finally stepped out of her hotel in Manhattan, in this white crochet dress, many said it was an attempt to look innocent.

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March 2006

She was photographed by Nick Knight wearing an embroidered top by Louis Vuitton.

Credit Nick Knight

March 2006

In The Pin-Up, photographed by Nick Knight.

Credit Nick Knight

March 2006

The Pin-Up.

Credit Nick Knight

May 2006

At the Costume Institute Gala in Manhattan, she was back to subtly breaking red carpet rules as she appeared wearing a pair of leather trousers.

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June 2006

Craig McDean photographed Kate in a Dior by John Galliano dip-dyed tulle dress.

Credit Craig McDean

June 2006

While still in the shorts-and-waistcoat style period, the drugs charges against her were dropped due to lack of evidence and the supermodel emerged from Claridge's while the media storm continued.

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September 1 2006

With the drug scandal behind her, she wore a boho dress to the wedding of make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury to scriptwriter Charles Forbes in Ibiza.

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September 2006

She wore a Jil Sander suit on the cover of the September 2006 issue of Vogue, photographed by Nick Knight.

Credit Craig McDean

September 2006

She starred in the Shine On shoot by Craig McDean.

Credit Craig McDean

September 2006

In Shine On, photographed by Craig McDean.

Credit Craig McDean

September 2006

In Shine On.

Credit Craig McDean

September 2006

Striking a seductive pose for the Shine On shoot.

Credit Craig McDean

September 2006

She kick-started the high-waisted jeans craze when she joined Sir Philip Green at the Topshop Unique spring/summer 2007 show in London's Holland Park. Soon after her appearance at the show, Topshop announced a collaboration with the supermodel.

“I think they [Topshop] kind of copy me sometimes,” said Moss of the partnership. “So I said: ‘I could give you my stamp and you could get it direct.’”

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November 2006

She appeared in Knight Vision, a story centred on a masked ball held in honour of photographer Nick Knight.

Credit Nick Knight

December 2006

She wore a classic pair of oversized sunglasses in The Clothes That Changed Our Lives - photographed by Nick Knight for the December 2006 issue of Vogue.